Robots in class

    Over 600,000 children in the United States spend their long time in hospital each year．Many of them say that they have difficult in returning to school after hospital stays．Thanks to technology，kids who are sick in the hospital no longer have to miss time in the classroom．

    A program called PEBBLES makes it possible for kids in hospital to take part in classroom discussions by using robot．PEBBLES(Providing Education by Bringing Environments to Students)supplies robots to help kids who are staying in hospital keep up with their classmates．

    For Achim Nurse，a 13-yers-old patient at Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla，New York，PEBBLES helped him so much．When he first learned about the program，he wasn’t so sure it would work．    

   “When I first saw it，it looked difficult，”said Achim．

    However，after 30 minutes of working with the robot，Achim discovered that he had gotten good at operating it．

    The robots work in pairs—一one in the hospital with the student，the other in the classroom．

    The robot in the classroom gives the student in the hospital a feel of“tele-presence．”A live picture of the students is shown on a video screen in the classroom．Meanwhile，in the hospital room，the student knows clear about what is going on in the classroom．

    The robot at the school has four wheels．so it can move around from class to class．Its“face” is an auto-focus(可以自动调焦的)camera．By using a control box，the student call turn the robot’s head，raise its hand，and adjust the volume(音量)．It is even equipped with a scanner(扫描器)and printer，so if the teacher want to have an exercise or testing class，the student can participate from the hospital．

   “The robot is greeted by students in the classroom．It is also greeted by the sick student。”said Andrew Summa，national director of the robot project．

根据短文内容完成下面各题。

1．Try to use the phrase underlined in the first paragraph to make a sentence．

2．Guess the Chinese meaning of“keep up with”．

3．The robot is greeted by students in the classroom．It is also greeted by the student in the hospital．(改写为同义句)

4．According to the passage，we can know that____

  A．We can operate this kind of robot easily．   

  B．the student in hospital cannot adjust the volume by using control box．

  C．The teacher wants to have a test in the class now. Although the student in the hospital has this kind of robot，he also cannot participate it．

5．What do you think of the robot project in the United States? Do you think it can help sick students? What do you think are its limitations?

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Mrs. Cold’s Clothes Store

     请根据Mrs. Cold商店里的价目表选择最佳答案。

1Which is the cheapest （最便宜的）of all?

        A. Hat.           B. T-shirt.           C. Socks.

2How much are two pairs of pants and a hat?

        A. $22.           B. $28.             C. $14.

3 You can buy ______ in Mr. Cool’s Clothes Store.

        A. black pants     B. a blue sweater      C. a green hat

4You like red and you only have $7. You can buy _______.

        A. a sweater.      B. a hat             C. socks

5 You only have sixteen dollars. You can buy ________.

A.a sweater and a pair of pants.

B.two T-shirts and a pair of socks   C. two sweaters.

                        B

Boys and girls ,let’s begin our English class now .This time I want to talk about my family .Then I want you to say something about your families .

There are seven people in my family .They are my parents ,my two sisters ,my brother ,his wife (妻子) and I .In England ,a family like this is a big one .My father has a factory .It isn’t very big .It makes all kinds of boats .my brother is a doctor .He works in a hospital (医院).His wife works in a hospital ,too .She studies hard and well .The other likes singing very much and can sing very well .So she wants to be a singer (歌手).I’m now in China teaching English and learning Chinese .My mother stays at home .Can you guess (猜测)what she does at home ?Yes, does housework .she is a housewife .

6Where do I come from ?

A. China    B. America    C. England     D. Canada

7where am I now ?

A. In China  B. In America  C. In England  D. In Canada

8Who works in a school in my family ?

A. One of my sisters   B. I   C. My father    D. My brother

9 My brother and his wife work _________

A.as teacher B. as nurses   C. as doctors   D. in a hospital

10 In Chinese “housewife” means __________

A. 干家务活的人  B.在家的妻子  C. 家庭主妇  D. 保姆

Mr. Brown is a teacher. He is from New York, America. He would like（想）to work in China because he likes our country. He thinks Chinese people are very friendly and he likes to live in China. He is happy to work in our school. He likes the school life here. He teaches English. There are 50 students in his class. Mr. Brown is kind. He and his students are good friends, too.

Now some of Mr. Brown’s students play sports on the playground（操场）. Bill and Mike play tennis. Tom and John play ping-pong. The other students play basketball. Mr. Brown is happy to play basketball with them. They have a good time.

阅读上面的短文，根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。

1.Where is Mr. Brown from?

A．England.          B．China.            C．America.          D．Australia.

2.What is Mr. Brown’s job（工作）in China?

A．A Chinese teacher.                      B．A history teacher.

C．A math teacher.                         D．An English teacher.

3.What does Mike do on the playground now?

A．He has a class.                          B．He plays basketball.

C．He plays tennis with Bill.                  D．He plays games with Mr. Brown.

4.What does Mr. Brown think of（认为）Chinese people?

A．Friendly.          B．Beautiful.          C．Interesting.        D．Fun.

5.Which one is NOT right?

A．All of the students play on the playground.

B．Mr. Brown plays basketball with his students.

C．Tom plays ping-pong with John.

D．The students on the playground have a nice time.